linguistics

  1. SummerMadness

    Are you not defined by your actions?

    House votes against striking Pelosi remarks from record A person that steals from a store is called a thief. A person that competes in professional sports is called an athlete. A person that recites spoken word is called a poet. A person who promotes the welfare of others especially through the...
  2. Rubiks

    Reviving Oscan as a romance language

    For those who aren't familiar with Oscan, here is a good source. Summary Oscan is the sister language of Latin, together with Umbrian, and Faliscan make up the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The Italic languages have 2 divisions: Osco-Umbrian (also called P-Italic), and...
  3. dzheremi

    LDS "And It Came To Pass" 1,400-1,800+ times? (Fishy BOM linguistics strikes again)

    Hi all, I am currently making the trek through the Book of Mormon via the excellent (but quite sarcastic and blasphemous, so I won't link it) "My Book of Mormon Podcast" (which you can find by searching for that exact title on YouTube, if you're interested), which is actually quite a bit easier...
  4. 1 John 4:1

    Luke 21:32 and the Aorist Tense in Greek

    http://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/21-32.htm I was having an argument with my friend about this verse and he is saying the aorist tense in Greek means that the last word in this verse does not necessarily mean everything has completed just that everything has started to happen: 1096 [e]...